One tertg theory floatg around the The Sopranos universe is that Phil Leotardo is gay or bisexual.
Contents:
- HOW GAY IS VO OM THE SOPRANOS?
- WAS PHIL LEOTARDO GAY?
- ''THE SOPRANOS'': TONY'S GAY ISSU
- THAT GAY EPISO: HOW SAM MALONE SHOWED ACCEPTANCE IS MACHO ON ‘CHEERS’
HOW GAY IS VO OM THE SOPRANOS?
In 2004, the Season 5 episo "Unintified Black Mal", is disclosed to viewers Vo is fact homosexual after he is seen performg fellat on a secury guard early one morng at the Esplana nstctn se by Meadow's boyiend, Fn De Trol. Vo at the gay bar.
WAS PHIL LEOTARDO GAY?
Later, that eveng while makg a llectn at a gay bar, two Lupertazzi Fay associat, one named Sal Iaccuzzo, saw Vo dancg provotively wh a gay man.
The Iaccuzzo character was based on real-life Gambo Crime Fay po Matthew Lanniello, who was known to extort and own several nightclubs New York Cy that tered to homosexual clientele.
Vo claimed that his homosexual behavr had been ed by meditn. Lupertazzi crime fay boss Phil Leotardo, a vilent homophobe, mand Vo's ath, so Tony quietly arranged for Carlo Gervasi to make a h on Vo.
''THE SOPRANOS'': TONY'S GAY ISSU
It was later revealed that Vo was found wh a pool cue stick his rectum, a msage that he was killed bee of his homosexualy. Phil Leotardo later told Vo's wife, Marie, that her hband was probably killed by two homosexual transients Vo had picked up at a bar.
The word is out: Vo is fely gay.
THAT GAY EPISO: HOW SAM MALONE SHOWED ACCEPTANCE IS MACHO ON ‘CHEERS’
He easily spots some gays town. This unexpected gay subplot will ntue for several episos, and is not to everyone's tast, me clud. Gannasli is known to Sopranos watchers as “Gay Vo” (or even GaVo, certa exotic circl).
Gannasli dancg gleefully a biker’s p a leather bar, or gog on the lam to a gay Shangri-La ( this se, “Live Free or Die” New Hampshire) and fallg love wh the handsome mtached ok om the der—“Johnny Cak”—that have given TV viewers that rare feelg that they are watchg somethg new. Sure, there have been plenty of gay characters on televisn before: wacky Jack om Will & Grace, or David, the fsy unrtaker wh the hot p boyiend on Six Feet Unr. But the plight of Gay Vo has stirred up siar feelgs to those viewers felt when they first tuned on Sunday nights 1999 to see a Prozac-poppg Mafia boss spill his guts to his therapist.